Doha, Qatar: Marking World Photography Day, Tasweer Photography Festival Qatar announced the winners of the Tasweer 2026 Project Award and Single Image Award, recognising 30 photographers whose works were selected from this year’s submissions.
The winners were announced during a special gathering at Fire Station Cinema, attended by photographers, artists and members of Qatar’s creative community.
The celebration was also streamed live across Tasweer’s social media channels, allowing audiences beyond Doha to join the occasion. A total of 20 photographers received the Single Image Award, while 10 photographers were selected for the Project Award. The winning works span documentary photography, portraiture and personal storytelling. Together they address themes such as memory, identity, heritage, place, community and social change.
The works recognised this year will join those selected in 2025 in an exhibition at the fourth edition of Tasweer Photo Festival in 2027.
Speaking on the occasion, Director of Tasweer Photography Festival Khalifa Al Obaidly said: “Gathering on World Photography Day allows us to honour the creativity and compelling narratives of photographers across our region.
These award-winning works showcase how image-making can bridge cultures, preserve lived experiences and open new conversations. .”
The Tasweer 2026 Single Image Award recognised 20 photographers including Abdullatif Alnaemi for Guardian of Memory; Ahad Alshamari for Whisper of the Last Trace; Amna Marafi for Like Two Ships; Avijit Biswas for Between; Bahaaeldin Elgamal for Catching Mussels in Nile River; El Mehdi Kharbouch for Remnants of a Picnic; Elsie Haddad for Untitled; Hazim Elhag for In Waiting for Sand; Hisham Naeem for Hunting Maraziq; Maram Elkhashab for Work Is a Worship; Mariam Hassan for Lady of the Well; Mohammed Aljassem for The Dignity; Mohammed Gharib for Nubian Presence; Najla Said for Never Too Many; Noora Mohammed Al-Henzab for Shadows of Childhood; Rania Deabes for On the Edge of Silence; Reem Al-Badr for Alone Again Naturally; Satti for Through Sudan’s Window; Yousef Fatehallah for Lost; and Yousef Naser for A Struggle Against Vanishing.
The Tasweer 2026 Project Award, meanwhile, recognised 10 photographers: Amat Al-Rahman Alafory for A Nation in a Room; Ebrahim Alipoor for In Quest of Stage Seven; Fatema Al-Mohalal Al-Doh for Swahili Arabs; Haitham Nsais for Fallen Seagulls; Issam Chorrib for A Pair of Gloves; Laura Menassa for (G)oldies; Mohammad Kotb for Red Brick Dreams; Sadiq Al-Harasi for What Do Fathers Leave Behind?; Shahad Alqassmi for Echoes of Time; and Wadah Omer for Weaving the Earth.
